The initial engagement on July 21, 1861 of what would become the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) took place on McLean's farm in Manassas, Virginia. Union Army artillery fired at McLean's house, which was being used as a headquarters for Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard, and a cannonball dropped through the kitchen fireplace.

McLean was a retired major in the Virginia militia, but at 47, he was too old to return to active duty at the outbreak of the Civil War. In the spring of 1863, he and his family moved about 120 miles south to Appomattox County, Virginia, near a dusty, crossroads community called Appomattox Court House.

On April 9, 1865, the war revisited McLean. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was about to surrender to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. He sent a messenger to Appomattox Court House to find a place to meet. On April 8, 1865, the messenger knocked on McLean's door and requested the use of his home, to which McLean reluctantly agreed. Lee surrendered to Grant in the parlor of McLean's house, effectively ending the Civil War. Later, McLean is supposed to have said "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

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"This property is A-MA-ZING. It is the sweetest little cottage packed with everything one could possibly need for a stay. It is nestled behind a big, beautiful plantation home with its own driveway. It has a very comfy living area with a full kitchen on one side and a screened in porch on the other. The bedroom and bathroom are upstairs and could not be any better. There are so many extra amenities from shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hair dryer and a basket full of anything you need if you...

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"Only arrived late night, and left early in the morning. The staff was fantastic, and the room and property were very clean and well maintained. Would use it again for the same conditions."

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